Between Heroism and Marginality: Experiences of Mothers of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Author:

Zaremba-Kosovych Hanna1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Ethnology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract

The article is analyzed the experiences of mothers who gave birth to children with intellectual disabilities during the 1970s and 1990s in Ukraine. The topicality is determined by the fact that almost no similar research has been conducted in Ukraine. The novelty of the publication is that the context of disability policy in Soviet times and its impact on public perceptions of intellectual disability have not been analyzed. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is the theory of social constructivism. The empirical research was conducted by qualitative methods: semi-structured in-depth interviews and ethnographic included observation in Kyiv, Lviv and Lviv region during 2019-2021. Due to the qualitative content analysis, a number of typical experiences were identified for mothers who already have adult children with intellectual disabilities: meeting with health professionals as bearers of symbolic power to exclude children with (intellectual) disabilities and their families from social space and social interactions, stigmatization of a child with a disability and his / her family, permanent care of a child with an intellectual disability, financial difficulties, rethinking the disability of a child and his / her motherhood in social activities and social inclusion.

Publisher

V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Subject

General Medicine

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